Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Scabies Mite Provides Insight into the Genetic Diversity of Individual Scabies Infections.

• Главные авторы: Ehtesham Mofiz (Автор), Torsten Seemann (Автор), Melanie Bahlo (Автор), Deborah Holt (Автор), Bart J Currie (Автор), Katja Fischer (Автор), Anthony T Papenfuss (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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The scabies mite, Sarcoptes scabiei, is an obligate parasite of the skin that infects humans and other animal species, causing scabies, a contagious disease characterized by extreme itching. Scabies infections are a major health problem, particularly in remote Indigenous communities in Australia, wh...